Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

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Mick Norris
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Re: Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:00 pm

Looks happy
http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2013/index.php
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Jonathan Bryant
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Re: Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:39 pm

As well he might. How far do you have to go back before you get an achievement of similar standing from a British chesser?
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Leonard Barden
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Re: Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

Post by Leonard Barden » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:31 pm

Jonathan Bryant wrote:As well he might. How far do you have to go back before you get an achievement of similar standing from a British chesser?
Short at VAS Amsterdam 1991 (ahead of Kasparov and Karpov); Blackburne 14/16 at Berlin 1881.
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Andrew Bak
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Re: Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

Post by Andrew Bak » Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:52 pm

Jonathan Bryant wrote:As well he might. How far do you have to go back before you get an achievement of similar standing from a British chesser?
Ray Keene was happy to lavish praise for Mickey on Twitter:
@Times_Chess wrote: Congrats to Mickey Adams for winning Dortmund -is this the first British tournament first prize at Dortmund since I won the 1980 event?
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Dan O'Dowd
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Re: Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

Post by Dan O'Dowd » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:06 pm

A quick check reveals that actually Michael shared 1st with Vlad and Peter Svidler back in 1998 :)
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Ian Kingston
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Re: Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

Post by Ian Kingston » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:39 pm

Andrew Bak wrote:
Jonathan Bryant wrote:As well he might. How far do you have to go back before you get an achievement of similar standing from a British chesser?
Ray Keene was happy to lavish praise for Mickey on Twitter:
@Times_Chess wrote: Congrats to Mickey Adams for winning Dortmund -is this the first British tournament first prize at Dortmund since I won the 1980 event?
Dortmund 1980 was Category 8, so not exactly a comparable achievement, even allowing for a little inflation.
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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Dortmund 26 July to 4 August 2013

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:57 am

Really pleased to see Adams win this tournament. An amazing achievement and well deserved.
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